Did he kill inetd by accident?
/etc/init.d/inetd restart
The above should fix it!
Donncha.
Peter Flynn wrote:
> However, in the process something has disabled all telnet and ftp
> logins. The user's colleague is not contactable, and I'm not at the
> machine location. It's possible he installed a firewall of some kind
> (suggestions as to where to look welcome: I know where to find
> bastille, but none of the others). If not a firewall, what else could
> he have done (telnetd and ftpd are still there, with the relevant
> entries in /etc/services)?
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